Lot Essay
A version of the fourth drawing is in the Fitzwilliam, A. Busiri Vici, op. cit., no.77
Details
Giovanni Battista Busiri (1698-1757)
Views of the Walls of Siena; a Church at Siena; and An Artist drawing outside a fortified Town
inscribed 'in Siena' (1,2 and 3); black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash (1), fragmentary watermark N below encircled paschal lamb (2), A above encircled paschal lamb (3)
172 x 228mm. (4)
Views of the Walls of Siena; a Church at Siena; and An Artist drawing outside a fortified Town
inscribed 'in Siena' (1,2 and 3); black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash (1), fragmentary watermark N below encircled paschal lamb (2), A above encircled paschal lamb (3)
172 x 228mm. (4)
Provenance
Bennet Langton, 1790